A pair of box-like units contain the bedroom and bathroom in this apartment just outside of Tokyo, which was renovated by architects Tomoko Sasaki and Kei Sato to create an open space for their own family (+ slideshow). More about Two boxes replace walls in Kanagawa apartment by 8 Tenhachi
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Swedish studios Kjellander + Sjöberg and Folkhem have installed a wooden pavilion between the Venice Biennale venues, in tribute to the 10 million trees used to build the city's foundations. More about Forests of Venice pavilion offers a peaceful retreat from the Biennale crowds
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Frans Willigers has created a hybrid chair and writing desk that he sees as a replacement for traditional office furniture. More about Frans Willigers addresses "useless" work furniture with the Last Writing Desk
Prehistoric tools, sci-fi memorabilia and a chandelier designed to look like the International Space Station feature in a New York exhibition that explores man's progress through designed objects (+ slideshow). More about Progressland exhibition presents objects of exploration at New York's Chamber gallery
Ladders lead to sleeping platforms accommodated beneath the hipped roof of this simple Slovakian lake house, which local studio JRKVC designed without any corridors to utilise the available space (+ slideshow). More about JRKVC's lakeside house optimises small footprint with hidden attic areas
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a minimal coat rack for Offecct that combines metal, leather and concrete. More about Neri&Hu designs rounded rectangle Hanger coat stand for Offecct
Our latest Pinterest board collects together the most popular exhibitions and installations from this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, including the British Pavilion that proposes sharing technologies as the solution to the housing crisis and Switzerland's cavernous cloud-like structure.
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San Francisco studio Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects took cues from traditional barns to create this contemporary dwelling in a northern California farming valley (+ slideshow). More about Turnbull Griffin Haesloop creates white barn-like house on a California ranch
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has sculpted marble into a convincingly rippling pool for his Petite Loire installation, created for this year's International Garden Festival (+ slideshow). More about Mathieu Lehanneur creates pool of marble for French chateau
British studio Bennetts Associates has completed a house in a historic English town that is partly set into its sloping site and features a material palette chosen to complement the surrounding architecture (+ slideshow). More about Bennetts Associates creates contemporary stone and zinc country house in Cumbria
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Spain has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale, while Gabinete de Arquitectura has been awarded the prize for best exhibition. More about Venice Biennale awards Golden Lions to Spanish Pavilion and Gabinete de Arquitectura
This week on Dezeen: photo and video sharing app Snapchat transformed the way journalists and visitors explored the world's biggest architecture exhibition in Venice this week. More about This week, Snapchat stole the show at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London-based YenChen YaWen Studio has combined Jesmonite with metal powders to create a series of candle holders, pots and vases that oxidise and change colour as they age (+ slideshow). More about YenChen YaWen Studio's Jesmonite vessels change colour over time
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Foster + Partners has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Droneport concept at the Arsenale, which is designed to transport medical supplies to remote regions in Africa using unmanned flying vehicles (+ slideshow). More about Norman Foster reveals vaulted Droneport prototype at Venice Architecture Biennale
British graphic design legend Peter Saville is behind the Tate Modern art gallery's updated graphic identity, a colourful model of the complex that includes the new Herzog & de Meuron extension. More about Peter Saville colour-codes London's Tate Modern ahead of extension opening
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an interior designer at Soho House & Co in New York, where its members club features a space called the Vinyl Room (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architects need to work in non-democratic countries to help improve conditions for the people that live there, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. More about Snøhetta's Kjetil Trædal Thorsen urges architects to work in the "non-free world"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the architects behind plans to create a cluster of freshwater swimming pools on the River Thames have unveiled a proposal for a floating pool on the Yarra River in the Australian city of Melbourne. More about Studio Octopi designs floating swimming pool for Melbourne's Yarra River
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architect Christian Kerez has built an inhabitable structure inside Switzerland's Biennale pavilion, featuring a cloud-like exterior and a cavernous interior (+ slideshow). More about Christian Kerez creates cavernous cloud to offer "a pure encounter with architecture"
Movie: designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz discussed their latest chandeliers as well as the challenges and opportunities of LED lighting in this talk Dezeen hosted for Luceplan in New York. More about The advancement of LED technology is like "discovering America" for lighting designers